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ਆਪੁ ਛੋਡਿ ਸੇਵਾ ਕਰੀ ਪਿਰੁ ਸਚੜਾ ਮਿਲੈ ਸਹਜਿ ਸੁਭਾਏ ॥
aap chhodd sevaa karee pir sacharraa milai sehaj subhaae |

Renouncing ego, I serve them; thus I meet my True Husband Lord, with intuitive ease.

ਪਿਰੁ ਸਚਾ ਮਿਲੈ ਆਏ ਸਾਚੁ ਕਮਾਏ ਸਾਚਿ ਸਬਦਿ ਧਨ ਰਾਤੀ ॥
pir sachaa milai aae saach kamaae saach sabad dhan raatee |

The True Husband Lord comes to meet the soul-bride who practices Truth, and is imbued with the True Word of the Shabad.

ਕਦੇ ਨ ਰਾਂਡ ਸਦਾ ਸੋਹਾਗਣਿ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਸਹਜ ਸਮਾਧੀ ॥
kade na raandd sadaa sohaagan antar sehaj samaadhee |

She shall never become a widow; she shall always be a happy bride. Deep within herself, she dwells in the celestial bliss of Samaadhi.

ਪਿਰੁ ਰਹਿਆ ਭਰਪੂਰੇ ਵੇਖੁ ਹਦੂਰੇ ਰੰਗੁ ਮਾਣੇ ਸਹਜਿ ਸੁਭਾਏ ॥
pir rahiaa bharapoore vekh hadoore rang maane sehaj subhaae |

Her Husband Lord is fully pervading everywhere; beholding Him ever-present, she enjoys His Love, with intuitive ease.

ਜਿਨੀ ਆਪਣਾ ਕੰਤੁ ਪਛਾਣਿਆ ਹਉ ਤਿਨ ਪੂਛਉ ਸੰਤਾ ਜਾਏ ॥੩॥
jinee aapanaa kant pachhaaniaa hau tin poochhau santaa jaae |3|

Those who have realized their Husband Lord - I go and ask those Saints about Him. ||3||

ਪਿਰਹੁ ਵਿਛੁੰਨੀਆ ਭੀ ਮਿਲਹ ਜੇ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਲਾਗਹ ਸਾਚੇ ਪਾਏ ॥
pirahu vichhuneea bhee milah je satigur laagah saache paae |

The separated ones also meet with their Husband Lord, if they fall at the Feet of the True Guru.

ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸਦਾ ਦਇਆਲੁ ਹੈ ਅਵਗੁਣ ਸਬਦਿ ਜਲਾਏ ॥
satigur sadaa deaal hai avagun sabad jalaae |

The True Guru is forever merciful; through the Word of His Shabad, demerits are burnt away.

ਅਉਗੁਣ ਸਬਦਿ ਜਲਾਏ ਦੂਜਾ ਭਾਉ ਗਵਾਏ ਸਚੇ ਹੀ ਸਚਿ ਰਾਤੀ ॥
aaugun sabad jalaae doojaa bhaau gavaae sache hee sach raatee |

Burning away her demerits through the Shabad, the soul-bride eradicates her love of duality, and remains absorbed in the True, True Lord.

ਸਚੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਸਦਾ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਹਉਮੈ ਗਈ ਭਰਾਤੀ ॥
sachai sabad sadaa sukh paaeaa haumai gee bharaatee |

Through the True Shabad, everlasting peace is obtained, and egotism and doubt are dispelled.

ਪਿਰੁ ਨਿਰਮਾਇਲੁ ਸਦਾ ਸੁਖਦਾਤਾ ਨਾਨਕ ਸਬਦਿ ਮਿਲਾਏ ॥
pir niramaaeil sadaa sukhadaataa naanak sabad milaae |

The Immaculate Husband Lord is forever the Giver of peace; O Nanak, through the Word of His Shabad, He is met.

ਪਿਰਹੁ ਵਿਛੁੰਨੀਆ ਭੀ ਮਿਲਹ ਜੇ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਲਾਗਹ ਸਾਚੇ ਪਾਏ ॥੪॥੧॥
pirahu vichhuneea bhee milah je satigur laagah saache paae |4|1|

The separated ones also meet with their Husband Lord, if they fall at the feet of the True Guru. ||4||1||

ਗੁਰੂ ਅਮਰਦਾਸ ਜੀ
ਵਡਹੰਸੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ॥
vaddahans mahalaa 3 |

Wadahans, Third Mehl:

ਸੁਣਿਅਹੁ ਕੰਤ ਮਹੇਲੀਹੋ ਪਿਰੁ ਸੇਵਿਹੁ ਸਬਦਿ ਵੀਚਾਰਿ ॥
suniahu kant maheleeho pir sevihu sabad veechaar |

Listen, O brides of the Lord: serve your Beloved Husband Lord, and contemplate the Word of His Shabad.

ਅਵਗਣਵੰਤੀ ਪਿਰੁ ਨ ਜਾਣਈ ਮੁਠੀ ਰੋਵੈ ਕੰਤ ਵਿਸਾਰਿ ॥
avaganavantee pir na jaanee mutthee rovai kant visaar |

The worthless bride does not know her Husband Lord - she is deluded; forgetting her Husband Lord, she weeps and wails.

ਰੋਵੈ ਕੰਤ ਸੰਮਾਲਿ ਸਦਾ ਗੁਣ ਸਾਰਿ ਨਾ ਪਿਰੁ ਮਰੈ ਨ ਜਾਏ ॥
rovai kant samaal sadaa gun saar naa pir marai na jaae |

She weeps, thinking of her Husband Lord, and she cherishes His virtues; her Husband Lord does not die, and does not leave.

ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਜਾਤਾ ਸਬਦਿ ਪਛਾਤਾ ਸਾਚੈ ਪ੍ਰੇਮਿ ਸਮਾਏ ॥
guramukh jaataa sabad pachhaataa saachai prem samaae |

As Gurmukh, she knows the Lord; through the Word of His Shabad, He is realized; through True Love, she merges with Him.

ਜਿਨਿ ਅਪਣਾ ਪਿਰੁ ਨਹੀ ਜਾਤਾ ਕਰਮ ਬਿਧਾਤਾ ਕੂੜਿ ਮੁਠੀ ਕੂੜਿਆਰੇ ॥
jin apanaa pir nahee jaataa karam bidhaataa koorr mutthee koorriaare |

She who does not know her Husband Lord, the Architect of karma, is deluded by falsehood - she herself is false.

ਸੁਣਿਅਹੁ ਕੰਤ ਮਹੇਲੀਹੋ ਪਿਰੁ ਸੇਵਿਹੁ ਸਬਦਿ ਵੀਚਾਰੇ ॥੧॥
suniahu kant maheleeho pir sevihu sabad veechaare |1|

Listen, O brides of the Lord: serve your Beloved Husband Lord, and contemplate the Word of His Shabad. ||1||

ਸਭੁ ਜਗੁ ਆਪਿ ਉਪਾਇਓਨੁ ਆਵਣੁ ਜਾਣੁ ਸੰਸਾਰਾ ॥
sabh jag aap upaaeon aavan jaan sansaaraa |

He Himself created the whole world; the world comes and goes.

ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹੁ ਖੁਆਇਅਨੁ ਮਰਿ ਜੰਮੈ ਵਾਰੋ ਵਾਰਾ ॥
maaeaa mohu khuaaeian mar jamai vaaro vaaraa |

The love of Maya has ruined the world; people die, to be re-born, over and over again.

ਮਰਿ ਜੰਮੈ ਵਾਰੋ ਵਾਰਾ ਵਧਹਿ ਬਿਕਾਰਾ ਗਿਆਨ ਵਿਹੂਣੀ ਮੂਠੀ ॥
mar jamai vaaro vaaraa vadheh bikaaraa giaan vihoonee mootthee |

People die to be re-born, over and over again, while their sins increase; without spiritual wisdom, they are deluded.

ਬਿਨੁ ਸਬਦੈ ਪਿਰੁ ਨ ਪਾਇਓ ਜਨਮੁ ਗਵਾਇਓ ਰੋਵੈ ਅਵਗੁਣਿਆਰੀ ਝੂਠੀ ॥
bin sabadai pir na paaeo janam gavaaeo rovai avaguniaaree jhootthee |

Without the Word of the Shabad, the Husband Lord is not found; the worthless, false bride wastes her life away, weeping and wailing.

ਪਿਰੁ ਜਗਜੀਵਨੁ ਕਿਸ ਨੋ ਰੋਈਐ ਰੋਵੈ ਕੰਤੁ ਵਿਸਾਰੇ ॥
pir jagajeevan kis no roeeai rovai kant visaare |

He is my Beloved Husband Lord, the Life of the World - for whom should I weep? They alone weep, who forget their Husband Lord.

ਸਭੁ ਜਗੁ ਆਪਿ ਉਪਾਇਓਨੁ ਆਵਣੁ ਜਾਣੁ ਸੰਸਾਰੇ ॥੨॥
sabh jag aap upaaeon aavan jaan sansaare |2|

He Himself created the whole world; the world comes and goes. ||2||

ਸੋ ਪਿਰੁ ਸਚਾ ਸਦ ਹੀ ਸਾਚਾ ਹੈ ਨਾ ਓਹੁ ਮਰੈ ਨ ਜਾਏ ॥
so pir sachaa sad hee saachaa hai naa ohu marai na jaae |

That Husband Lord is True, forever True; He does not die, and He does not leave.

ਭੂਲੀ ਫਿਰੈ ਧਨ ਇਆਣੀਆ ਰੰਡ ਬੈਠੀ ਦੂਜੈ ਭਾਏ ॥
bhoolee firai dhan eaaneea randd baitthee doojai bhaae |

The ignorant soul-bride wanders in delusion; in the love of duality, she sits like a widow.

ਰੰਡ ਬੈਠੀ ਦੂਜੈ ਭਾਏ ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹਿ ਦੁਖੁ ਪਾਏ ਆਵ ਘਟੈ ਤਨੁ ਛੀਜੈ ॥
randd baitthee doojai bhaae maaeaa mohi dukh paae aav ghattai tan chheejai |

She sits like a widow, in the love of duality; through emotional attachment to Maya, she suffers in pain. She is growing old, and her body is withering away.

ਜੋ ਕਿਛੁ ਆਇਆ ਸਭੁ ਕਿਛੁ ਜਾਸੀ ਦੁਖੁ ਲਾਗਾ ਭਾਇ ਦੂਜੈ ॥
jo kichh aaeaa sabh kichh jaasee dukh laagaa bhaae doojai |

Whatever has come, all that shall pass away; through the love of duality, they suffer in pain.

ਜਮਕਾਲੁ ਨ ਸੂਝੈ ਮਾਇਆ ਜਗੁ ਲੂਝੈ ਲਬਿ ਲੋਭਿ ਚਿਤੁ ਲਾਏ ॥
jamakaal na soojhai maaeaa jag loojhai lab lobh chit laae |

They do not see the Messenger of Death; they long for Maya, and their consciousness is attached to greed.

ਸੋ ਪਿਰੁ ਸਾਚਾ ਸਦ ਹੀ ਸਾਚਾ ਨਾ ਓਹੁ ਮਰੈ ਨ ਜਾਏ ॥੩॥
so pir saachaa sad hee saachaa naa ohu marai na jaae |3|

That Husband Lord is True, forever True; He does not die, and He does not leave. ||3||

ਇਕਿ ਰੋਵਹਿ ਪਿਰਹਿ ਵਿਛੁੰਨੀਆ ਅੰਧੀ ਨਾ ਜਾਣੈ ਪਿਰੁ ਨਾਲੇ ॥
eik roveh pireh vichhuneea andhee naa jaanai pir naale |

Some weep and wail, separated from their Husband Lord; the blind ones do not know that their Husband is with them.

ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦੀ ਸਾਚਾ ਪਿਰੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਸਦਾ ਸਮਾਲੇ ॥
gur parasaadee saachaa pir milai antar sadaa samaale |

By Guru's Grace, they may meet with their True Husband, and cherish Him always deep within.

ਪਿਰੁ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਸਮਾਲੇ ਸਦਾ ਹੈ ਨਾਲੇ ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਜਾਤਾ ਦੂਰੇ ॥
pir antar samaale sadaa hai naale manamukh jaataa doore |

She cherishes her Husband deep within herself - He is always with her; the self-willed manmukhs think that He is far away.

ਇਹੁ ਤਨੁ ਰੁਲੈ ਰੁਲਾਇਆ ਕਾਮਿ ਨ ਆਇਆ ਜਿਨਿ ਖਸਮੁ ਨ ਜਾਤਾ ਹਦੂਰੇ ॥
eihu tan rulai rulaaeaa kaam na aaeaa jin khasam na jaataa hadoore |

This body rolls in the dust, and is totally useless; it does not realize the Presence of the Lord and Master.

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